Arm CT scan cost in McAllen, TX
In McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX, 2 hospitals list a cash price for arm CT scan without contrast (shoulder to hand, any part): from $470.62 to $13,731.47, with a median of $7,101.05. The lowest listed price is at Driscoll Children's Hospital Rio Grande Valley — $6,630.43 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $1,847.32 at 281 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 73200, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 6, 2025 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driscoll Children's Hospital Rio Grande Valley lowest Edinburg, TX · (361) 694-5041 CT Limited,Extrem WO Cont File of Oct 6, 2025 · source file | $470.62 | $2,353.12 | $108.97–$165.82 | 80% |
| Driscoll Children's Hospital Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX · (361) 694-5041 CT Upper Extremity WO/Con File of Oct 6, 2025 · source file | $1,365.06 | $6,825.28 | $108.97–$165.82 | 80% |
| Rio Grande Regional Hospital one side San Juan, TX · (956) 632-6000 CT UP EXTREM W/O CONT RT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $13,731.47 | $13,731.47 | $961.20–$11,671.75 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $470.62, median $7,101.05, highest $13,731.47 — a 29.2× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 0 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
An arm CT without contrast makes cross-section pictures of part of the arm, such as the shoulder, elbow or wrist bones. It is used for complex fractures, planning surgery and when an X-ray is unclear.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the scan and any contrast dye. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 73200 ($1,201.75). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Knapp Medical Center Weslaco, TXHc Ct Upper Extremity Wo Contrast | $104.00 | file |
| Mission Regional Medical Center Mission, TXCT UPPER EXT W/O | $104.00 | file |